No. 3 Houston will try to stay perfect at home this season when it hosts Texas on Saturday afternoon on CBS and Paramount+. The Cougars opened the Big 12 portion of their schedule with consecutive road losses, but they have won seven of their last eight games and are riding an 18-game home winning streak. Texas has won two of its last three games following an overtime loss to Houston at home to close January. You can stream the game on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME.

Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. ET at the Fertitta Center in Houston. The latest Houston vs. Texas odds from SportsLine consensus list the Cougars as 10-point favorites, while the over/under for total points is 131. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page.) Saturday's game can be seen live on CBS and streamed live on Paramount+, which you can get for free for the first week.

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